"The reaction that our initial initiative met with confirmed its justification, and the massive support from the people of Nikšić showed that the city under Trebjes was just waiting for someone to remember that it was necessary to give the heroine of World War II the recognition she deserved and give her a deserved place among those who made the greatest sacrifice on the altar of Montenegro's freedom - their own lives. We are glad that we forced the members of the Council for making proposals for names, settlements, streets and squares, as well as the councilors of the Nikšić Municipal Assembly - at least the majority of them - to no longer hide behind "abstentions" but to clearly and loudly take the side of anti-fascism," the Nikšić URE said.
"With the aforementioned gratitude to all individuals, groups, political organizations and institutions that have stood on the civil front of the defense of anti-fascism in recent weeks, supporting our initiative, the Municipal Board of GP URA Nikšić emphasizes that only the first step has been taken, and that we will carefully monitor further developments in the situation, aware that there are still those who want to, and who will try to disavow this noble idea. We will certainly not allow this to happen, neither when we enter the process of proposing the design of the memorial nor when deciding on its location. This is also the reason why our original initiative specifically requested that the location be exclusively Trg Slobode," the Nikšić URA point out.
Once again, they thank the city of Nikšić, with a repeated claim from the statement of the Municipal Board of GP URA Nikšić, issued after that shameful initial vote on our initiative, and that claim is - the memorial to Joko Baletić will soon be where it belongs, in the center of Nikšić, next to Ljubo Čupić, as an eternal reminder of the significance of the name of Freedom Square.
